Efficient multiwave mixing in the ultraslow propagation regime and the role of multiphoton quantum destructive interference

We analyze a lifetime-broadened four-state four-wave-mixing (FWM) scheme in the ultraslow propagation regime and show that the generated FWM field can acquire the same group velocity and pulse shape as those of an ultraslow pump field. We show that a new type of induced transparency resulted from multiphoton destructive interference that significantly reduced the pump field loss. Such induced transparency based on multphoton destructive interference may have important applications in other nonlinear optical processes.     

Polarization interference of multi-wave mixing in a confined five-level system

We investigated the coexisting four-wave mixing, six-wave mixing and eight-wave mixing in ultra-thin, micrometer and long cells. Such multi-wave mixing (MWM) processes can be modified by the polarization interference. The degree of destructive interference of atomic polarizations can be controlled by the wave vector, dressing field and cell length. Specifically, the oscillation behavior of intensity and linewidth of MWM signal results from the destructive interference in ultra-thin cell. For a doubly-dressed four-wave mixing, the inner dressing field suppresses the destructive polarization interference in micrometer and long cells, induces resonance enhancement. However, the outer dressing field only enhances destructive interference.     

多模干涉耦合器中重叠像相干相消现象分析

根据多模干涉耦合器的自映像原理和重叠成像的规律, 首次提出多模干涉耦合器中存在重叠像相干相消现象, 推导了重叠像相干相消现象出现的条件. 在此基础上, 对对称干涉和成对干涉两种特殊重叠成像做出解释, 得出对称干涉和成对干涉成像个数及成像位置的表达式. 用实例证明了重叠像相干相消现象并不只存在于成对干涉和对称干涉两种特殊情况, 并总结了重叠像相干相消随位置数变化的规律. 用导模传输分析法验证了所得表达式和成像规律的正确性. 关键词： 集成光学 多模干涉耦合器 相干相消 导模传输分析法     

Disentanglement of atom-photon via quantum interference in driven three-level atoms

In this paper, the effect of quantum interference on the entanglement of a driven V-type three-level atom and its spontaneous emission field was investigated by using the quantum entropy. The results indicate that, in the absence of quantum interference the atom and its spontaneous emission field are always entangled at the steady-state. But, in the presence of full quantum interference their steady-state entanglement depends on the atomic parameters. Specifically, with appropriate atomic parameters they can be entangled or disentangled at the steady-state. We realized that the steady-state entanglement is due to completely destructive nature of quantum interference. On the contrary, the steady-state disentanglement is due to instructive nature of quantum interference.     

Instanton paths for the problem of coherent quantum tunneling in small ferromagnetic particles

It is shown that the problem of instantons in ferromagnetic materials in a large-spin model is reduced to an exactly integrable dynamical system with a finite number of variables. For a rather wide class of models, there exists a continuum of instanton paths that form a one-parameter family of paths with essentially different shapes but with the same value of the Euclidean action. On the basis of the formalism developed, exact instanton solutions are constructed that describe macroscopic quantum tunneling for a small ferromagnetic particle with uniaxial or biaxial quadratic anisotropy in the presence of a magnetic field applied perpendicularly to the easy axis. These solutions are valid for any relations between the anisotropy parameters and for any magnitude of the magnetic field and its direction in the base plane. Based on the solutions obtained, the principles of macroscopic quantum tunneling in high-spin-molecule-type magnetic particles are described. Tunneling regimes of two types are obtained: (1) regimes that are characterized by destructive interference of instanton trajectories and oscillatory dependence of the transition probability on the magnitude of the magnetic field and (2) regimes in which all instantons have the same purely real value of the Euclidean action and there is no destructive interference.     

Phase and coherence singularities generated by the interference of partially coherent fields

A condition for the complete destructive interference of partially coherent fields emerging from pinholes in an opaque screen is derived, with the assumption of symmetry in both their geometric positions and coherence properties. We use this condition to theoretically investigate the simultaneous production of phase singularities of the optical field and of the spectral degree of coherence. We find that in cases where the number of point sources is even, a new type of mixed field/correlation singularity is observed.     

Geometrical phase and surface plasmon focusing with azimuthal polarization

Owing to a geometric phase effect, an isosceles triangular aperture etched into thin metal film leads to constructive or destructive interference of surface plasmons excited at the two equal sides under linearly polarized illumination. Through appropriate spatial arrangement of an array of triangles, a highly confined focal spot beyond the diffraction limit can be achieved at the geometric center under azimuthally polarized excitation with field enhancement comparable to a bull's eye plasmonic lens under radially polarized illumination. Through simply rotating the orientation of each triangle aperture by 90°, the plasmonic structure defocuses the same azimuthal polarization illumination due to destructive interference caused by a geometric π-phase difference between the two sides of the triangle and between the adjacent triangles.     

Achromatic nulling interferometer based on a geometric spin-redirection phase

Nulling interferometry aims to perform destructive interference achromatically. It is used to detect a faint source near a bright one and to provide dark field, an annular pupil, and rotational shear. A nulling out-of-plane interferometer that utilizes the geometric phase of spin redirection is proposed. The degree of nulling is determined by beam collimation and angular orientation of mirrors. Simulations and experiments are in reasonable agreement.     

驱动场失谐对Λ型原子EIT的影响

文章用缀饰原子研究电磁感应透明,为分析探测光强度的破坏性干涉提供了一个清晰的物理图象,用这种方法可更简洁地研究驱动场失谐对电磁感应透明的影响.     

Ionization in a quantized electromagnetic field

An analytical expression for a matrix element of the transition from a bound state of an electron in an atom to continuum states is obtained by solving the problem of interaction of the electron with a quantized electromagnetic field. This expression is used to derive formulas for the photoelectron spectrum and the rate of ionization of the simplest model atomic system upon absorption of an arbitrary number of photons. The expressions derived are analyzed and compared with the corresponding relationships obtained via other approaches. It is demonstrated that there are differences as compared to the case of the classical field. In particular, the photoelectron spectrum exhibits dips due to the destructive interference of the transition amplitudes in the quantized electromagnetic field.     

Exceptional enhancement of localization effect in a one-dimensional multilayer system with destructive weak disorder strength

We report an exceptional enhancement of photon localization effect in a certain one-dimensional random multilayer system. Our simulation with the transfer matrix method predicts and demonstrates that the photon localization effect in a system with weak disorder strength but in a destructive interference resonance region is stronger than that in a completely disordered system. The only reason for this peculiar phenomenon is that the certain weak disorder system confines the resonances between the wave and layers in the destructive interference resonance region.     

Coherent control of interference processes in radiative decays

Possibility of coherent control of spontaneous emission from four- and five-level system in the laser radiation field is studied. The four-level system consists of two levels resonantly driven by laser radiation where either of levels may decay to a separate level. For such a system, we show that the presence of the second decay channel may deteriorate the destructive interference occurring in case of one decay channel because of Autler-Townes effect. The five-level diagram represents two two-level resonantly driven systems with the upper levels decaying to a common level. For this diagram, interference between the two decay channels takes place and it is partially or completely destructive or constructive depending on the initial conditions and on the mutual orientation of the transition dipole moments. It is shown that population transfer takes place by the same quantum vacuum via spontaneous emission. The populations are shown to have damping oscillatory nature.     

Current control in periodically driven quantum dots using nonadiabatic double crossing

The purpose of this Letter is to propose a method for controlling electron currents on quantum dots driven by an oscillating electric field. The effects of nonadiabatic transition on time-averaged currents are theoretically studied in dot systems where energy levels exhibit a double crossing within one period of the driving field. The current is enhanced or suppressed as a result of the constructive or destructive interference between different transition paths at a double crossing. The current also depends on the number of dots because of the presence of dot-lead coupling.     

High-order above-threshold ionization of heteronuclear diatomic molecules by a strong laser field with arbitrary polarization

The molecular strong-field approximation is applied to calculate angle-resolved photoelectron spectra in the process of high-order above-threshold ionization of carbon-monoxide molecules by an elliptically polarized laser field. The theory is formulated to include the Stark shift of the initial bound state of the valence electron. It is shown that the angle-resolved photoelectron spectra of aligned CO molecules exhibit pronounced minima which can be explained by destructive interference of two partial T-matrix contributions. The dependence of contributing partial amplitudes on the laser field ellipticity is analyzed in detail.     

Large-scale coherence of the bose condensate of spatially indirect excitons

The Bose condensation of spatially indirect (dipolar) excitons in a wide single quantum well in an electric field transverse to the heterolayers is analyzed. Voltage is applied between a metallic film on the surface (Schottky gate) and a conducting electron layer inside a heterostructure (integrated electrode). The excitation of dipolar excitons and observation of their luminescence are performed through circle windows in a metallic mask 5 μm in diameter. Excitons are collected in a ring lateral trap, which is formed along the window perimeter owing to the strongly inhomogeneous electric field. When the critical condensation conditions in pump and temperature are reached, a narrow line of dipolar excitons corresponding to the exciton condensate appears stepwise in the luminescence spectrum. Under these conditions, a spatially periodic structure of equidistant luminescence spots appears in the luminescence pattern that is observed through a window with a resolution of about 1 μm and is selected by means of an interference filter. An in situ optical Fourier transform of spatially periodic structures from the real space to the k space is derived. The resulting Fourier transforms reproducing the pattern of the luminescence intensity distribution in the far field exhibit the result of the destructive and constructive interference, as well as the fact that the luminescence is directed along the normal to the heterolayers. These results are consequences of the large-scale coherence of the condensed exciton state in the ring lateral trap. Direct measurements of double-beam interference from pairs of luminescence spots in the ring show that the spatial coherence length is no less than 4 μm. Such a large scale means that the experimentally observed periodic luminescence structures are described by a common wavefunction under the condition of the Bose condensation of dipolar excitons.     

Control of group velocity of light via magnetic field

We have theoretically studied the effects of quantum coherence in a driven quasi-degenerate two-level atomic system. We have shown that the quantum interference, which can be destructive or constructive, can be controlled by an externally applied magnetic field allowing one to implement both electromagnetically induced transparency and electromagnetically induced absorption in the same atomic system. Determined by frequency dispersion of the index of refraction of the system, the group velocity of light pulses ranges from ultra-slow to superluminal with changing of the magnitude of the magnetic field.     

Collective surface plasmon resonance coupling in silver nanoshell arrays

Collective surface plasmon resonance (SPR) excitations in an ordered array of silver nanoshells have been theoretically studied using generalized Mie theory. Near- and far-field radiative coupling between the nanoshells in the array result in a non-monotonic shift of the collective SPR band. When the distance between the shells in the array approaches that of the collective SPR wavelength, we observe narrowing of the collective SPR band due to constructive interference between the scattered electric field from the particles in the array. Further increase of the distance between the nanoshells in the array leads to destructive interference and broadening of the collective SPR band.     

Reduction of wave phenomena in high-field MRI experiments using absorbing layers

Wave behavior, such as constructive and destructive interference, can decrease RF field homogeneity. As the static magnetic field strengths increase, these effects become more significant, resulting in image inhomogeneities. For a surface coil, wave interference is due to reflections at boundaries separating regions with largely different dielectric constants. An approach is presented to eliminate wave reflections through the use of absorbing layers. A one-dimensional plane wave model and a three-dimensional finite difference time domain numerical model at 470 MHz are presented validating the theoretical effectiveness of the approach. The findings are verified experimentally with 1 H MRI on phantoms at 11.1 T, demonstrating greatly reduced interference patterns in the images.     

Transmission reflection anomaly in second-harmonic generation from a monolayer

We show experimentally that in second-harmonic generation from a monolayer the radiation propagating in transmission and that in reflection can have very different magnitudes. The origin of this difference lies in destructive and constructive interference of the components of the nonlinear polarization that drive the field at the second-harmonic frequency.     

Level mixing induced transparency for gamma radiation

The propagation of gamma radiation through a resonant medium in the case of interfering quantum transition paths is considered. The interference is made possible by a field that mixes the crossing spin levels in the excited nuclear state and splits two degenerate transitions into two V-type transitions. If forward resonant scattering allows for a change of the gamma radiation polarization, then the two V-transitions are coupled, which results in destructive interference. In this case the absorption is reduced in a particular frequency domain. PACS 42.50.Gy; 33.45.+x